The 2024 FIA World Endurance Championship is the twelfth season of the FIA World Endurance Championship, an auto racing series organised by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) and the Automobile Club de l'Ouest (ACO). The series will be open to Hypercars (built under Le Mans Hypercar (LMH) or Le Mans Daytona h (LMDh) regulations) and for the first time LMGT3 racing cars.

This is the first season of the World Endurance Championship without the LMP2 class, after it was dropped due to the increasing demand in the Hypercar and LMGT3 classes. The LMP2 class will still take part at the 24 Hours of Le Mans.^[1] The LMGT3 class was introduced to replace the GTE class that was dropped at the end of the 2023 season.^[2] A maximum amount of 37 cars was set for the full-season grid.^[1][3]

Manufacturers entering in the LMGT3 category will only be allowed to enter a maximum of two cars, to allow for a greater diversity in the LMGT3 category. Priority is given to manufacturers who have also entered a car in the Hypercar category.^[4]

On 9 June 2023, during the 2023 Le Mans weekend, the calendar for the 2024 season was announced. It contains eight races, including two completely new races and two returning races. The 1000 Miles of Sebring, 6 Hours of Portimão, and 6 Hours of Monza races will not return in 2024, with Monza not being held due to the track being redeveloped.^[5] The Imola event would later replace Monza as the Italian round on the schedule, while the series will make its first visit to Qatar to start the season, allowing hotter weather than Sebring. The 6 Hours of São Paulo, which was last visited by the WEC in 2014 alongside the Lone Star Le Mans round that was previously hosted in 2020 would also make their return to the calendar.

The prologue was originally scheduled to happen on 24 and 25 February but was delayed due to shipping issues.^[6]

Lusail

Imola

Spa

Le Mans

São Paulo

Austin

Fuji

Sakhir

Locations of the 2024 races

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Rnd	Race	Circuit	Location	Date
	Prologue	Losail International Circuit	Lusail	26/27 February
1	Qatar 1812 km			2 March
2	6 Hours of Imola	Imola Circuit	Imola	21 April
3	6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps	Stavelot	11 May
4	24 Hours of Le Mans	Circuit de la Sarthe	Le Mans	15–16 June
5	6 Hours of São Paulo	Interlagos Circuit	São Paulo	14 July
6	Lone Star Le Mans	Circuit of the Americas	Austin, Texas	1 September
7	6 Hours of Fuji	Fuji Speedway	Oyama, Shizuoka	15 September
8	8 Hours of Bahrain	Bahrain International Circuit	Sakhir	2 November

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The number of entries was capped at 37 cars due to garage limitations at Imola and the Circuit of the Americas. Frédéric Lequien, CEO of Le Mans Endurance Management, outlined a goal to increase the grid size in future seasons.^[7]

Hypercar

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Entrant	Car	Engine	Hybrid	Tyre	No.	Drivers	Rounds
Cadillac Racing[8]	Cadillac V-Series.R	Cadillac LMC55R 5.5 L V8	Hybrid	M	2	Earl Bamber[9]	1–3
						Alex Lynn[9]	1–3
						Sébastien Bourdais[10]	1
						Álex Palou[11]	TBC
						Renger van der Zande[10]	TBC
Porsche Penske Motorsport[9]	Porsche 963	Porsche 9RD 4.6 L Turbo V8	Hybrid	M	5	Matt Campbell[9]	1–3
						Michael Christensen[9]	1–3
						Frédéric Makowiecki[9]	1–3
					6	Kévin Estre[9]	1–3
						André Lotterer[9]	1–3
						Laurens Vanthoor[9]	1–3
Toyota Gazoo Racing[12]	Toyota GR010 Hybrid	Toyota 3.5 L Turbo V6	Hybrid	M	7	Mike Conway[12]	1–3
						Kamui Kobayashi[12]	1–3
						Nyck de Vries[12]	1–3
					8	Sébastien Buemi[12]	1–3
						Brendon Hartley[12]	1–3
						Ryō Hirakawa[12]	1–3
Isotta Fraschini[13]	Isotta Fraschini Tipo 6-C	Isotta Fraschini 3.0 L Turbo V6	Hybrid	M	11	Carl Bennett[14]	1–3
						Antonio Serravalle[15]	1–3
						Jean-Karl Vernay[15]	1–3
Hertz Team Jota[9]	Porsche 963	Porsche 9RD 4.6 L Turbo V8	Hybrid	M	12	Callum Ilott[16]	1–3
						Will Stevens[9]	1–3
						Norman Nato[16]	1–2
					38	Jenson Button[17]	1–3
						Phil Hanson[16]	1–3
						Oliver Rasmussen[9]	1–3
BMW M Team WRT[18]	BMW M Hybrid V8	BMW P66/3 4.0 L Turbo V8	Hybrid	M	15	Raffaele Marciello[19]	1–3
						Dries Vanthoor[19]	1–3
						Marco Wittmann[19]	1–3
					20	Robin Frijns[19]	1–3
						René Rast[19]	1–3
						Sheldon van der Linde[19]	1–3
Alpine Endurance Team[20][21]	Alpine A424	Alpine 3.4 L Turbo V6	Hybrid	M	35	Paul-Loup Chatin[22]	1–3
						Charles Milesi[22]	1–3
						Ferdinand Habsburg[22]	1, 3
						Jules Gounon[23]	2
					36	Nicolas Lapierre[22]	1–3
						Mick Schumacher[22]	1–3
						Matthieu Vaxivière[22]	1–3
Ferrari AF Corse[24]	Ferrari 499P	Ferrari F163 3.0 L Turbo V6	Hybrid	M	50	Antonio Fuoco[25]	1–3
						Miguel Molina[25]	1–3
						Nicklas Nielsen[25]	1–3
					51	James Calado[25]	1–3
						Antonio Giovinazzi[25]	1–3
						Alessandro Pier Guidi[25]	1–3
AF Corse[26]					83	Robert Kubica[26]	1–3
						Robert Shwartzman[27]	1–3
						Yifei Ye[27]	1–3
Lamborghini Iron Lynx[28]	Lamborghini SC63	Lamborghini 3.8 L Turbo V8	Hybrid	M	63	Mirko Bortolotti[29]	1–3
						Daniil Kvyat[30][N 1]	1–3
						Edoardo Mortara[31]	1–2
						Andrea Caldarelli[32]	3
Peugeot TotalEnergies[33]	Peugeot 9X8	Peugeot X6H 2.6 L Turbo V6	Hybrid	M	93	Mikkel Jensen[33]	1–3
						Nico Müller[33]	1–3
						Jean-Éric Vergne[33]	1–2
					94	Paul di Resta[33]	1–3
						Loïc Duval[33]	1–3
						Stoffel Vandoorne[34]	1–2
Proton Competition[35]	Porsche 963	Porsche 9RD 4.6 L Turbo V8	Hybrid	M	99	Julien Andlauer[36]	1–3
						Neel Jani[36]	1–3
						Harry Tincknell[36]	1–3

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Notes

• Alex García was scheduled to compete for Isotta Fraschini, but withdrew prior to the start of the season.^[14]

LMGT3

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Entrant	Car	Engine	Tyre	No.	Drivers	Rounds
Heart of Racing Team[37]	Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 Evo	Aston Martin M177 4.0 L Turbo V8	G	27	Ian James[38]	1–3
					Daniel Mancinelli[38]	1–3
					Alex Riberas[38]	1–3
Team WRT[39]	BMW M4 GT3	BMW P58 3.0 L Turbo I6	G	31	Augusto Farfus[40]	1–3
					Sean Gelael[40]	1–3
					Darren Leung[40]	1–3
				46	Ahmad Al Harthy[40]	1–3
					Maxime Martin[40]	1–3
					Valentino Rossi[40]	1–3
Vista AF Corse[41]	Ferrari 296 GT3	Ferrari F163CE 3.0 L Turbo V6	G	54	Francesco Castellacci[42]	1–3
					Thomas Flohr[41]	1–3
					Davide Rigon[42]	1–3
				55	François Heriau[42]	1–3
					Simon Mann[41]	1–3
					Alessio Rovera[42]	1–3
United Autosports[43][44]	McLaren 720S GT3 Evo	McLaren M840T 4.0 L Turbo V8	G	59	Nicolas Costa[45]	1–3
					James Cottingham[46]	1–3
					Grégoire Saucy[47]	1–3
				95	Josh Caygill[48]	1–3
					Nico Pino[45]	1–3
					Marino Sato[47]	1–3
					Hiroshi Hamaguchi[11]	TBC
Iron Lynx[49]	Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2	Lamborghini DGF 5.2 L V10	G	60	Matteo Cressoni[50]	1–3
					Franck Perera[50]	1–3
					Claudio Schiavoni[50]	1–3
Iron Dames[49]				85	Sarah Bovy[50]	1–3
					Michelle Gatting[50]	1–3
					Doriane Pin[50]	1–2
					Rahel Frey[51]	3
Proton Competition[52]	Ford Mustang GT3	Ford Coyote 5.4 L V8	G	77	Ben Barker[53]	1–3
					Ryan Hardwick[53]	1–3
					Zacharie Robichon[53]	1–3
				88	Dennis Olsen[53]	1–3
					Mikkel O. Pedersen[53]	1–3
					Giorgio Roda[53]	1–3
Akkodis ASP Team[54]	Lexus RC F GT3	Lexus 2UR-GSE 5.0 L V8	G	78	Timur Boguslavskiy[55][N 1]	1–3
					Arnold Robin[55]	1–3
					Kelvin van der Linde[56]	1–2
					Ritomo Miyata[57]	3
				87	Takeshi Kimura[55]	1–3
					José María López[58]	1–3
					Esteban Masson[55]	1–3
TF Sport[59]	Chevrolet Corvette Z06 GT3.R	Chevrolet LT6.R 5.5 L V8	G	81	Rui Andrade[60]	1–3
					Charlie Eastwood[61]	1–3
					Tom van Rompuy[60]	1–3
				82	Sébastien Baud[62]	1–3
					Daniel Juncadella[61]	1–3
					Hiroshi Koizumi[62]	1–3
Manthey EMA[63]	Porsche 911 GT3 R (992)	Porsche M97/80 4.2 L Flat-6	G	91	Richard Lietz[64]	1–3
					Morris Schuring[64]	1–3
					Yasser Shahin[64]	1–3
Manthey PureRxcing[63]				92	Klaus Bachler[64]	1–3
					Alex Malykhin[64][N 2]	1–3
					Joel Sturm[64]	1–3
D'station Racing[65]	Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 Evo	Aston Martin M177 4.0 L Turbo V8	G	777	Erwan Bastard[66]	1–3
					Clément Mateu[66]	1–3
					Marco Sørensen[9]	1–3
					Satoshi Hoshino[66]	TBC

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